The Tea Act, passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773, granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies. The act was not intended to raise revenue in the American colonies, and in fact imposed no new taxes. On the night of December 16, 1773, The Sons of Liberty disguised themselves as Indians, got on three ships and went to the Boston Harbor. On this night, they had destroyed over 92,000 pounds of tea. The Boston Tea Party was one of a long series of conflicts between the American colonies and the English government after the British victory in the French and Indian War. The Boston Tea Party led almost directly to the American Revolution. To punish the city of Boston for its role in the destruction of so much East India Company property, the British Parliament passed a series of laws known collectively as the Coercive Acts.
May 10 – Parliament passes the Tea Act, retaining a three pence per pound tax on tea sold in the American colonies. December 13 – Boston learns that tea consignees in Philadelphia and New York have resigned. December 16 (evening) – Between 6:00 and 9:00 P.M. 342 chests of tea are destroyed and thrown from the tea ships into the harbor.
The Tea Act, passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773, granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies. The act was not intended to raise revenue in the American colonies, and in fact imposed no new taxes. On the night of December 16, 1773, The Sons of Liberty disguised themselves as Indians, got on three ships and went to the Boston Harbor. On this night, they had destroyed over 92,000 pounds of tea. The Boston Tea Party was one of a long series of conflicts between the American colonies and the English government after the British victory in the French and Indian War. The Boston Tea Party led almost directly to the American Revolution. To punish the city of Boston for its role in the destruction of so much East India Company property, the British Parliament passed a series of laws known collectively as the Coercive Acts.
May 10 – Parliament passes the Tea Act, retaining a three pence per pound tax on tea sold in the American colonies.
December 13 – Boston learns that tea consignees in Philadelphia and New York have resigned.
December 16 (evening) – Between 6:00 and 9:00 P.M. 342 chests of tea are destroyed and thrown from the tea ships into the harbor.
The Boston Tea Party & The Tea Act